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Talk Python To Me

by Michael Kennedy

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Date	Combined Rank	Apple Podcasts
Oct 27	#193	#189
Oct 26	#184	#180
Oct 24	#181	#177
Oct 22	#164	#158
Oct 21	#138	#131
Oct 20	#127	#117
Oct 19	#137	#128
Oct 18	#140	#132
Oct 17	#152	#145
Oct 16	#193	#190
Oct 14	#186	#183

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September 4, 2026 · 1 hr 16 min

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For years, "Django and async" came with an asterisk. The docs themselves warned you off it. Scary performance notes, a story that felt half-finished. Well, that story just got rewritten, literally, and the person who rewrote it is here to…
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About the show

Talk Python to Me is a weekly podcast hosted by developer and entrepreneur Michael Kennedy. We dive deep into the popular packages and software developers, data scientists, and incredible hobbyists doing amazing things with Python. If you're new to Python, you'll quickly learn the ins and outs of the community by hearing from the leaders. And if you've been Pythoning for years, you'll learn about your favorite packages and the hot new ones coming out of open source.